Fare register



July 18, J. JOHNSON I FARE REGISTER Filed March 2, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l July 18, 1933. J. M JOHNSON 1,918,915

FARE REGI STER Filed March 2, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ISnvcntor counter two units, registering two fares;

.Patented July 18, 1933 umrsn srarss rsrsur orricn JAY M. JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLIFSA'GIS FARE REGISTER- .Application. filed March 2,

denom1nations,- such as nickels. dimes or quarters, may be inserted, and the insertion of such coin will cause the exact number of fares covered by such coin to be registered on a uniform fare basis. If for example the fare is e, then if a nickel is inserted one fare would be registered if a dime is inserted two fares would be registered, and if a quarter inserted five fares would be registered. Such registration is accomplished by means of novel coin-actuated counter-actuating mechanism, as hereinafter desc 'ibed, difference in the dimeter of various coins is utilized to vary the operation of the register.

The drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the invention as designed for a fare register in which 5 is the basic in the construction shown in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter described, the insertion of a nickel will cause the mechanism to advance thecounter two units forward and then move it back vard one unit thereby registering but one fare; the insertion. of a dime will cause the mechanism to advance the the insertion of a quarter would cause the mechanism to advance the counter two units forward, then move it backward one unit, and then advance it four more units forward thereby registering a total of .iive fares.

An explanation of the fare register illustrated will enable others to understand the invention and apply it to the other mechanisms in which a registerof such character would be useful. The claims following the description summarize the essential features of the invention and the novel constructions: and con'ibinations of parts for which protection is desired.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side View partly broken away of a complete fare register containing one practical embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig.1. 3 is an e larged side view of the register mechanism removed from the casing. Fig. t is a top plan wherein the Serial No. 519,613.

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A lan of the braking devices.

nent the invention shown uating mechanism is con- C of any suitable construcslot S or the admission of 1 e casing C is a-ranged the counting mechanism which is the subject 60 iilffillilOil and which for re is constructed as follows.

through slot S it passes nlates l mounted wit iin the ed between the plates pin 2a attached to t" upper swingable lever 12. which is pivoted e casing. The plates 1 have arciis to permit "he desired extent of movement of the lever 2. To this ttached a segmental rack which beside the adjacent plate 1 and meshes with ninion 3a fast on a rotatable shaft 3 iourn l in a plate 1 and an outer plate 1k) which is fixedly attached to and spaced in such 1 late 1 by studs or pins 10. Fast on shaft 3 adjacent pinion 3a is a cam disk i provided with cam member do adapted to engage laterally projecting cam member be on a dish 5 loosely mounted upon the shaft beside cam dish a. The cam faces are such that when the sl aft 3 is turneranticlockwise the cam members eta, 5&- will cause disk 5 to move axially longitudinally of shaft 3 and away fr m disk at. ttached to disk 5 at the side of cam disk l is a mutilated gear 56 which has a laterall projecting cam memher which adapted to engage a cam memher on cam dist: 6 fast to shaft 3. 90 When the shaft 3 is rotated anti-clockwise the opposed cam members 4a, 54 will move dislr and segment 5?) longitudinally of the shaft 3 and move cam member 50 into position to cam member 60 in disk 6 on the reverse rotation of shaft 3. When shaft 3 is rotated clockwise the cam member 60, 50 will cause the dish 5 and segment 5?) to move lengthwise of the shaft 3 and return cam member 5a into position to engage member loing )ISSQS between a tired 4a when the shaft 3 is rotated anti-clockwise. The disk 5 and segment 56 are thus alternately shifted on shaft 3 by the action of the cam members for a purpose hereinafter explained.

The mutilated gear 57) when shifted to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6 is adapted to engage a pinion 7a attached. to a shaft 7 journaled in a bearing 16 attached to frame 1?) and on this shaft adjacent pinion 7a is a pinion 7 7) which is controlled by a Geneva or stop gear 6?) fixed on shaft 3 adjacent disk 6.

The pinion 7a continually meshes with a pinion 8a on a shaft 8 mounted in the frame; and shaft 8 carries or is connected to the shaft of a counter or register R mounted on a bracket 1f attached to a plate 1, or otherwise suitably mounted in the casing. This counter is properly actuated as hereinafter described e ch time a coin is inserted in the casing.

The disk 5 has on its face adjacent disk 4 a laterally projecting pin 58 adapted to engage a stop lug or pin is on the adjacent member of the frame 1, see Fig. 6. This disk also has on its face adjacent the segments 57) and near its periphery a laterally projecting pin 5;) which, if the disk 5 is sufficiently rotated anti-clockwise, will engage the tooth of pinion 7a and turn this pinion two teeth in a direction opposite to that in which it is rotated by the segment 5?) as hereinafter explained.

The shaft 3 can be rotated clockwise to return the parts to normal position by any suitable means. In the construction shown a drum 361 is fastened to one end of shaft 3, and a cord 36 is wound around the drum and connected to a weight 3f, which may have a bore by which it is slidably guided on a pin 39 attached .to the bottom of the casing.

Disk- 5 and gear 56 being integral are rotated by cams 4 and 60, being always in engagement with one or the other. When coin is inserted it imparts motion to rack 20 and pinion 3a which pinion is integral with cam 4 thus imparting counter clockwise rotation. Cam 4 pushes disk 5 longitudinally on shaft 3 until gear 5?) is in line of engagement with pinion 7a. Continued rotation moves disk 5 and gear 56 until the required number of teeth have taken effect on pinion 70. F or instance a dime moves gear 5?) until two teeth have taken effect, counting two on the counter. A nickel. will move gear 5?) until two teeth have taken effect counting two on counter and still further until the pin 5p has taken effect thus rotating pinion 7a in the opposite direction, thus subtracting one count of the two counts already made. In the case of the quarter by gear 57) then one substracted by pin 519 then four more added by gear 55.

two counts are made- In the construction shown the pinion 7a has six teeth and the mutilated gear 56 is moved into and out of position to mesh with it. The pinion 7 b is fast to pinion 7a and in conjunction with the stop gear G?) acts to position pinion 7a in correct position to be meshed by the teeth of mutilated gear 57), and by the tooth 5p on disk 5. The pinion 8a being permanently in mesh with pinion 7a transmits the motion of pinion 7a to the rotary counter R, Fig. 2.

d To prevent overturning of the disk5by mon rentum any suitable brake may be employed. As shown the opposite faces of the disk are engaged by friction members 9 mounted in the free ends of swingable arms 9a pivoted at 96 on a bracket 12% on the frame or other suitable support. These arms 9a are yieldingly drawn together by a spring 90, and hold the friction members in contact with the surfaces of the disk. The friction arms 90, while retarding the motion of disk 5 permit the cams to move said disk longitudinally on the shaft 3 and shift mutilated gear 55 in and out of operative posit-ion with relation to pinion 70. To prevent overthrow of the pinion by momentum any suitable brake may be employed. As shown (Fig. 1) a friction drum 70 fast on the shaft 7 is engaged by a flat brake spring 78 fastened to a pin 77 on the platelb of the frame.

Operation A coin can be entered through the coin slot S between the rollers 1a, 2a and after passing the rol er on the register actuating lever 2 drops onto a chute C and is directed onto a hinged door E of the usual construction in rear of a sight glass G where it can. be seen by the operator. The door E can be swung back by the finger of the operator to permit the coin to drop into his hand.

In order to pass between the rollers 1a and 2a the coin must force lever 2 to the right, and segment 20 meshing. with pinion 34 moves it and shaft 3, with the disks 4 and (i and gear 67), anti-clockwise. The initial movement of cam disk 4 causes cam members 4a, 5a to move disk 5 and mutilated gear 5?) axially on shaft 3 toward the disk 6 until the mutilated gear 57) and tooth 57) are in position to engage with pinion 7a when the disk is rotated; and when gear 7, is turned it imparts motion to the register shaft 8 through pinion 8a. The extent of rotation of pinion 7a (and consequently of the unit wheel of the counter Ii) by gear 57 depend upon the extent of rotation of the disk 5a and the arrangement and number of teeth upon the mutilated gear 56.

In the construction shown the teeth on the mutilated gear 55 are so spaced and arranged that if a dime is entered the resultant anti-clockwise movement of shaft 3 will cause gear 5?) to move pinion 7a a sufficient stop pin 58 enga gear 56 is so toothed that position to engage the pinion 760.

number of teeth to advance the register counter two points. If a nickel is entered instead of a dime a greater extent of movement is imparted to disk 5 and gear 55, and

on the anti-clockwise rotation thereof it will rotate pinion 7a sufficiently to cause it to first advance the unit wheel of the counter two poi 1 the gear 5a (being mutilated at this point) T frees pinion 7a and while it is so freed the tooth 5p on disk 54; (which has then made about one half of a revolution) engages the pinion 7a at the side opposite the gear 5?) and turns pinion 7a backward sui'iicicntly to cause it to reverselv operate the shaft'S and move the counter back one point; and the pin 5p passes on above and clear of the pinion Ta. Then the nickel drops between the rollers 2a shaft 3 is moved counter-cloclnvise by the weight 3; and such movement cause' cam member 66 to engage cam member 50 and move gear 56 and disk 5 toward cam member 4; gear 55 moving out of position to mesh with pinion 7a, and tooth 5p out of Gear 5?) and disk 5 also rotate clockwise in returning to normal position until disk 5 is arrested by the pin 2a engaging the end of slotl'is, and

1g stop pin is.

If a quarter is entered, the disk 5 will be rotated counter-clockwise and moved to bring gear 5?) and pin 5 into position to engage with pinion 7a. Then as moves counter-clockwise the mutilated gear 5?) will first mesh with pinion 7a and cause it to advance the counter two points, then 5, disengages pinion 7a and pin 5;)? engages pinion "M as above described and turns it backward thereby causing the counter to move back one point; then as the disk continues to move anti-clockwise pin 7;? clears pinion 7a, and other teeth on gear 5?) engage pinion '1' a and. cause it to advance the counter four more points, making total advance of five points. When the quarter drops into the casing the parts are returned to normal position as above described.

Any suitable means may be provided to prevent retraction of the coin after it has been entered into the slot S. I would preferably use devices such as shown in my companion application for fare collectors (case 7811) filed March 2, 1931, Serial No. 519,614.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the artthat the invention is capable of considerable variation in construction, and also that it is adaptable for other coin controlled mechanisms; and therefore I do not consider the invention restricted to the specific use thereof herein described nor to the specific embodiment thereof illustrated in the drawings.

I claim:

1. In mechanism of the character specified, a counter, apinion for operating the counter, an oscillatory shaft, a mutilated gear on the shaft adapted to engage the pinion and cause it to advance the counter, a memher also mounted on the shaft adapted to engage the pinion and cause it to set back the counter; coin a fituated devices whereby the shaft is turned in the direction to cause the gear and member to operatively engage the pinion; and means for turning the shaft in the opposite direction to return the parts to normal position.

Zn. mechan sm of the character specified, a counter, a pi ion for operating the counter,

an oscillatory shaft, a mutilated gear slidably mounted on the s ,Jtt and adapted to engage t pinion and it to advance the counter when the shaft turned in one direction, a member also slidably mounted on the shaft adapted to ei'in'age the pinion and cause it to set buck the counter; coin actual (lQ/VlCcS' wheres the shaft is rotated in the direction to cause the gear an l member to o1 cratively engage the pinion; and means for 11, 5,12, 1, cokin the snait in the oppos dirwtion a-Ll to return the p ts to normal posit 3. In niech. m of the character specified a casing having a coin inlet, a rotatory sh in tie casing, a movable member adaptol to be operated by the insertion of a coin in ro ate ll "t in one direction, means for rotating the shaft in the opposite directio; when the coin has passed a counter, a rot ble pinion for operating the counter, a mu lated gear on, the shaft adapted to engage the pinion in one dire on of rotation of the shaft and cause it to Q count r, l a memb r operated 1 o shaft adapte engage the opposite sinsof said pinion inn the rotation of the shaft to set back counter.

In mechanism of L h avi a coin inlc", a rotatory shaft, a movable member ada d to be operated by the insertion of a coin and rotate said sh: one direction, means for rotating the shaft in the opposite direction when the coin has passed, a disk on said shaft, means to shift the disk longitudinall of the shaft, a counter, a rotatable pinion for operating the counter, a mutilated gea adapted to engage the pinion in one d'. e )1). of'rotation of the shaft and cause it t advance the counter, and a member operated by the disk adapted to engage the opposite side of said pinion during the rotation of the disk to set back the counter.

5. In mechanism of the character specified, a casing having a coin inlet, a rotatory shaft, a movable member in the casing adapted to be operated by the insertion of a coin and rotate said shaft one direction, means for rotating the shaft in the opposite direction when the coin has passed, a disk slidably and rotatably mounted on said shaft and means to shift the disk longitudinally of the shaft, a counter, a rotatable pinion for operating the counter, a mutilated gear operated by the disk adapted to engage the pinion in 3 one direction of rotation of the shaft and cause it to advance the counter, and a pin on the disk adapted to engage the opposite side of said pinion during the rotation of the disk and cause it to set back the counter. (3. In mechanism of the character specified, a casing having a coin inlet, a rotatable shaft, a member adapted to be operated by the insertion of a coin and means connected with said member adapted to rotate said shaft in li 'one direction, means for rotating the shaft inthe opposite direction when the coin has passed, and a. mutilated gear rotatably mounted on said shaft, cam members fixed on the shaft at opposite sides of the mutilated 26 gear adapted to alternately shift said gear longitudinally of the shaft, a counter, a rtatable pinion adjacent the disk, gearing between the pinion and the counter; said mutilated gear engaging the pinion in one direczi tion of rotation of the shaft and causing it to advance the counter, and a member on the shaft adapted to engage the opposite side of the pinion during the rotation of the disk and cause it toset back the counter.

7. In mechanism of the character specified, a casing having a coin inlet, a rotatable shaft, a movable rack adapted to be operated by the insertion of the coin, a pinion on the shaft engaged by said rack to turn the shaft in one 86 direction when a coin is inserted, means for rotating the shaft in the opposite direction when the coin has passed, a disk slidably and rotatably mounted on said shaft, cam members fixed on the shaft at opposite sides of ac-the disk and adapted to alternately engage the disk to shift it longitudinally of the shaft,

a counter, a rotatable pinion adjacent the disk, gearing between the pinion and the counter, .a mutilated gear operated by the 46 disk adapted to engage the pinion in one direction of rotation of the shaft and cause it to advance the counter, and a pin or member on the disk adapted to engage the opposite side of the pinion during the rotation of the disk and set back the counter if the disk rotates beyond a certain number of degrees.

8. In mechanism of the character specified, a casing having a coin inlet slot, a member adjacent the slot adapted to be moved in one direction by the insertion of a coin in the slot, and differentially according to the diameter of the coin, a counter, and mechanism actuated by the differential movement of said movable member whereby the counter is variably actuated in accordance with the value of the coin inserted.

9. In mechanism of the character specified, a casing having a coin inlet slot, a movable member adajacent the slot adapted to be moved in one direction by the insertion of a coin in the slot, the coin actuated movement of the member varying differentially according to the diameter of the coin, spring means for returning the member to normal position after the insertion of the coin; a counter and mechanism actuated by the differential movement of said movable member whereby the counter is variably actuated in accordance with the value of the coin inserted.

10. In mechanism of the character specified, a casing having a coin inlet slot, a movable member adjacent the slot adapted to be moved in one direction by the insertion of a coin in the slot, the coin. actuated movement of the member varying differentially according to the diameter of the coin, spring means for retracting the member after the entry of a coin, a counter and gearing operated by the differential movement of said movable member whereby the counter is variably actuated in'aocordance with the value of the coin inserted.

JAY M. JOHNSON. 

